Lantern.



PATENTED MAR. 17

J. F. HORN.

' LANTERN.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.9.1907.

win 200cc 'the Oil, so that JOSIAH F. HORX, OF HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA.

LANTE RN.

Specification 01' Letters Patent,

Patented March 17, 1908.

Application filed November 9, 1907. Serial No. 401,483.

To all 11.1mm it may concern:

Be it known that l, JosL-UI l llonx, a citizen ol' the boiled States, residing at Ilazlemn, in the county of Luzernc and State of Pennsylvania, lune-invented a new and usel'ul Lantern. ol' uhieh the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to a hand lantern. and has for its object to provide a lantern with self righting means wherebyit is prevented from accidentally m'erturning and causing a eonllagration by the escape of oil from the oil port through and past the burner.

A further nlijel't ot' the it. ention is to form in the oil port a small r eptacle for the lamp-wick which is erou :.i-s=. into the receptacle, therebv leaving but small space for it' overturned, the lantern will right itself before this small quantity of oil can escape through or past the lamp-wick.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel construction, combinatiou and arrangenn-nt of parts, rereinal'ter described and claimed.

In the aecompzuiying drawingst-- Figure 1 is an elevation of the lower part of a lantern with the improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional new, on the line 2----3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Similar reference numerals are used for the same parts on all the figures.

The numeral 1 indicate the oil pot or that of the lantern, circular in plan view, and having a sli 'htly convex top 2, sealed to the bowl shape d sides 3 of the oil pot, which latter curve downwardly and inwardly, as

shown, to a central concavity 4 at the bottom of the pot. The sides 3 and bottom 4 of the oil pot meet at an angle 5, thereby forming a circular ring-base for the lantern to rest upon. The oil pot is shallow and of relatively greater diameter than usually found in lanterns of this type, that it may more easily resume an upright position when ovia aturned.

. itiiin the oil pot and attached to the bottom thereof is a heavy weight 6 which, from the construction of the oil pot, lies close to the bottom and keeps the center of gravity well within the base when the lantern is 'inoved from a vertical position, as clearly shown bydotted lines in Fig. I. It is to be noted that the weight is of large diameter in proportion to its thickness and [has a central depression where it is quite struck and caused to tip, it prevents the lantern rocking too far on the curved sides of the oil pot. J

Secured fluid tight in the center of the convex top 2 is a vertical tube or receptacle 10 for the lanip'wick 1}. The tube 10 extends into the 01! pet I nearly to the bottom thereof, the lower end 12 of the tubebeing closed except for a number of small holes 13 in its sides through which capillary cords 14 pass from the oil pot into the tube. Above the convex top 2, the tube or receptacle 1() projects sulliciently far to receive the lower end of the burner 15, the wick 11 of which is folded so as to almost wholly till said tube, see Fig. 2. i

A lantern constructed as above described, will stand sulticiently iirin on its base when at rest and it' struck instead of upsetting, it rocks on the curved sides of the oil pot, and through the weight (5 at the. base, quickly resumes its normal upright position. Should the lantern be who ly m'erturned and revented l'rom resuming its upright position, the oil in the oil pot will run to the lowest side, and because of the shallowness of the pot and its large diameter, the tube or receptacle it) will be above the level of the oil so that none of it can esca e. W'hat little there may be in the tube wili be absorbed by the upper part of the wick and dispersed over the metal surface of the lantern in such a circumscribed area that little if any danger of tire need be feared.

1. A lantern having a shallow bowl sha ed oilpot with convexly curved sides extent in downwardly and inwardly, a concave bottom connected to said sides forming a ring, base, a shallow weight fastened in the bottom of the oil pot, a diaphragm dividing the. oil pot into an upper and lower part, a wick tubo closed at its lower end and passing tightly through said diaphragm nearly'to the bottom of the oil pot adapted to support a burner on its upper endand having minute openings in the sides of said Wick tube nearfthe closed bottom, and capillary strands filling said openin s all passing from the oil pot into said wi k tube.

2. A lantern having a shallow oil pot weighted on the bottom, a. stop ring of greater. diameter than the oil pot and sup- 1n the presence of two Witnesses.

ported h'bove the same by brackets, a diaphragm dividing the'oil pot into an upper and zlower part the latter part containing the oil, a wick tube closed at its lower end and passing tightly through said diaphragm oil pot into'saicl wick tube through and filling small holes in the side of said tube near the bottom. 1

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, 1 have hereto aflixed my signature JOSIAH F. HORN. Witnesses i E. R. BRENHAGE,

HENRY PLATT. 

